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Russia is outgunning Ukrainian forces sixfold on the front lines, causing losses of troops and positions, Ukraine's recently appointed commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrsky said in a rare interview published on Friday. «A few days ago, the enemy's advantage in terms of ammunition fired was about six to one,» Syrsky told the Ukrinform news agency. «The defence forces are now performing tasks along the entire vast front line, with little or no weapons and ammunition,» he warned, saying the situation was «tense» in some areas.

Congress will hold nationwide protests over the weekend against fresh income tax demand of over Rs 1,800 crore, which it has described as an «egregious attack» on democracy and imposition of "tax terrorism" amid the crucial Lok Sabha elections. The opposition party said it has received fresh notices from the income-tax department, asking it to pay Rs 1,823.08 crore, Congress general secretary (organisation) K C Venugopal has asked all Pradesh Congress Committees (PCCs) to hold massive public demonstrations at the state and district headquarters in their respective states on Saturday and the following day, involving senior leaders and party functionaries. In his letter to all PCC presidents, Congress legislature party leaders, AICC general secretaries, in-charges and heads of frontal organisations, Venugopal said, «As you are well aware, the systematic process to thwart Indian democracy by the BJP proceeds at an alarming rate.»

Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) has written to the Aam Admi Party (AAP) requesting its participation in the party's campaign efforts in all the 28 constituencies to counter the BJP. KPCC President DK Shivakumar, who is also the Deputy CM, has written to AAP State President Mukhya Mantri Chandru, requesting him to deploy the party workers and leaders to work for the success of Congress candidates to save the country's “democracy and the Constitution” that had been threatened under the authoritarian regime of the BJP. The AAP joining hands with the Congress would defy communal forces and consolidate the secular votes, he said. Chandru, responding positively to the request, suggested to Shivakumar to hold a meeting with the leaders and office-bearers of AAP to draw up a campaign strategy.

The Biden administration has restored rules to protect imperiled plants and animals that had been rolled back under former President Donald Trump

Jamia Millia Islamia and also the post of Chancellor at the university. ALSO READ: Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari dies: A look at the life and times of the 'Bahubali’ of eastern UP "He (Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari) had a long association with the Congress, as its president (1927), its secretary for several years, and as a member of the Congress Working Committee throughout his life," his profile on Jamia's website read. ALSO READ: Judicial inquiry ordered in Mukhtar Ansari's death amid ‘slow poison’ claims Meanwhile, Mukhtar Ansari's maternal grandfather Mohammad Usman was a brigadier in the Indian Army.

MLA and former minister Surendra Singh Bhoi resigned from the primary membership of the party after 38 years and joined the ruling BJD on Friday. Two BJP leaders — Nilgiri MLA Sukant Nayak and the party's Cuttack district president Prakash Chandra Behera — also resigned from their party and are likely to join the BJD. In a letter to AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge, Surendra Singh Bhoi said he has resigned from the post of Bolangir district Congress committee (DCC) president as well as the party. «I beg to say here that due to personal reasons I would like to resign from the primary membership, and the post of president DCC, Bolangir as well as AICC membership. With great honour, I thank you for giving me an opportunity to serve the party and my state for 38 years with passion, dedication and discipline,» he said in the letter.

Jammu-Srinagar National Highway and fell into a gorge in Ramban district on Friday, officials said. The vehicle, a Tavera, was on its way to Jammu from Srinagar and it fell into a 300 feet gorge at the Battery Cheshma area of the district around 1.15 am, they said. Ten people have died, the officials said. Police and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel are at the spot. The bodies of 10 passengers have been recovered amid heavy rains, the officials said.

Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh, Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi, and Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg are among the diverse group of political, business and philanthropic leaders Global Citizen will convene in New York on May 1 and 2, the nonprofit announced...

CJI) Justice Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, expressing serious concerns against the actions of a specific interest group aiming to undermine the judiciary's integrity, Bharatiya Janata Party MP Ravi Shankar Prasad alleged that some people, including those who are close to the Congress establishment, have always taken a very grim view at times about the judiciary. Prasad said that the Indian judiciary is an extraordinary institution and has got every right to decide any issue in the way it wants. "...It is indeed saddening that some people, including those who are close to the Congress establishment, have always taken a very grim view at times about judiciary, depending upon what kind of judgments have come. These are the people who at one time talked of committed judiciary. These are people who at one time hailed the supersession of judges by the Congress government in the 1970s...Indian judiciary is an extraordinary institution. We are very proud of it," the BJP MP said.

Obama and Bill Clinton dug into an issue that has vexed economists, political strategists and the White House on Thursday — if the U.S.'s fiscal numbers are so good, why are Americans so unhappy about the economy? Speaking at a high-dollar fundraiser for President Joe Biden at New York's Radio City Music Hall, Obama and Clinton urged thousands there to stick with the Democratic president for a second term, while trying to pin down the reasons economic concerns are high despite job growth, healthy spending and better-than-expected GDP increases.

Bharatiya Kanata Party (BJP) is facing some serious resistance against its Lok Sabha candidate in its citadel Gujarat, arguably for the first time in its electoral history. While resistance towards Shobhna Baraiya who replaced Bhikhaji Thakor in Sabarkantha is getting aggressive by days, the Kshatriya community across the state is up in arms against Union Minister Parshottam Rupala who is contesting from Rajkot for his comment allegedly denigrating the community. Baraiya was fielded after controversy erupted over the caste identity of Bhikhaji Thakor, BJP’s initial candidate for Sabarkantha. She, for the records happens to be the wife of Mahendrasinh Baraiya former Congress MLA who joined BJP in August 2022. Thakor’s supporters had observed a bandh in his support in Meghraj town in Aravalli district on Tuesday and the party workers in large numbers had reached the BJP office in Modasa to protest necessitating strong security arrangements.

The six victims of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse were all immigrants from Mexico and Central America, doing the kind of grueling work that many immigrants take on, when a container ship crashed into a support pillar at 1:30 a.m. EDT on Tuesday (0530 GMT) and sent them plunging into the icy Patapsco River. Divers pulled the bodies of Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes and Dorlian Castillo from a red pickup truck 25 feet underwater the following day.

Boeing's troubled commercial airplane unit said the planemaker faces a «pivotal moment» as it works to boost quality and address significant concerns from regulators and airline customers after a panel flew off a 737 MAX 9 jet in January. «This is a pivotal moment for us, and we have serious work ahead to build trust and improve our operations,» said Stephanie Pope, who was named president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes on Monday, in an email to employees on Wednesday seen by Reuters.

Harvard College dropped 5% from a year ago, a symbolic blow to the school after a period of turmoil that included the resignation of its president and a defeat at the Supreme Court. The school said 54,008 students sought admission for next fall’s freshman class. That marked the second consecutive year that Harvard’s undergraduate applications declined. They’re down from 61,220 two years ago, when numbers soared during the pandemic after colleges scrapped requirements for standardized testing. By contrast, rival Yale University reported 57,465 applicants, the largest in the college’s history and 10% more from than the previous year.

death of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari due to cardiac arrest, Umar Ansari, son of Mukhtar Ansari, claimed that his father was given poison in the food and said they would move to the judiciary. «We have full faith in it,» he added. «I was not told anything from the administration side, I came to know about it through the media… But now the whole nation knows everything… Two days ago I came to meet him, but I was not allowed… We said earlier also and even today we will say the same about the allegation of giving slow poison. On March 19, he was poisoned in the dinner. We will move to the judiciary, we have full faith in it...» Umar Ansari, son of Mukhtar Ansari, said. «Post-mortem will be conducted tomorrow, after that, they will give us the body. We will then follow with the further process (cremation)… My father alleged being given a slow poison… Around five doctors panel has been made (for carrying out the post-mortem),» Umar Ansari added.

Traders carried forward fewer bullish bets in Nifty futures to the April series on Thursday — the expiry day of the March contracts — amid uncertainty as to whether the index would extend its two-day winning run. The Nifty and Sensex notched up nearly 1% gains at closing on Thursday, but they came off the highs with market participants cutting wagers ahead of the prolonged weekend. Financial markets will be shut on Friday for Good Friday Nifty ended 0.9%, or 203 points, higher to close at 22,326 after jumping as much as 1.8%. The Sensex, which closed 0.90%, or 655 points, higher to close at 73,651, rose up to 1.6% earlier in the day. Both indices came close to hitting record highs. For the fiscal 2023-24, the Nifty was up 28.61% at the close of trade on Thursday. India's total market value surged by ₹133 lakh crore in FY24.

BALTIMORE — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore warned Thursday of a «very long road ahead» to recover from the loss of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge as the Biden administration approved $60 million in immediate federal aid after the deadly collapse. Meanwhile the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was moving the largest crane on the Eastern Seaboard to help remove the wreckage of the bridge, Moore said, so work to clear the channel and reopen the key shipping route can begin. The machine, which can lift up to 1,000 tons, was expected to arrived Thursday evening, and U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen said a second crane with a 400-ton capacity could arrive Saturday.

remove the wreckage of the bridge, Moore said, so work to clear the channel and reopen the key shipping route can begin. The machine, which can lift up to 1,000 tons, was expected to arrived Thursday evening, and U.S. Sen.

U.S. federal agencies must show that their artificial intelligence tools aren’t harming the public, or stop using them, under new rules unveiled by the White House

In a strategic move to bolster the wealth management programs of its credit union partners, Cetera Financial Group has announced the establishment of a Credit Union Council under its Cetera Financial Institutions division.

Maryland Motor Truck Association President and CEO Louis Campion discusses the impact of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse on truck and shipping routes on 'The Bottom Line.'